GRE Word List

AMALGAM

a mixture of different elements

The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.

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WordMeaning
modulateto tune to a key or pitch
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
posthumousborn after the death of the father
polyglotone who is polyglot
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
dintforce